Accuse of idealising the family and presenting a too simplistic explanation of its
roles in society

Parsons Warm Bath Theory -Where the woman in the household will
stay at home and soak up the stresses and strains of their husband when they
come home from a long day at work

Marxist
Feminist Ansley argues that ‘women are takers of ****’ because they deal with
their husbands angers and frustrations

Functionalist
Fletcher believes that the family has developed new functions such as acting as
a unit of consumption where goods and services are bought by families rather
than as a unit of production as was the case in pre-industrial societies when
extended families were the norm

A
criticism of functionalist views of the family is that functionalists paint a
picture of happy families and tend to ignore the conflict that often exists